Iraqis suffer from effects of US biological weapons

Tehran, Dec 20, (ICANA) –Iranian lawmaker Abed Fattahi says biological weapons used by the United States in Iraq have caused cancer among the people and defects in newborn babies.

Sunday, December 23, 2012 5:01:24 PM

“Water and soil in Iraq have been contaminated by the American biological weapons which have caused various diseases among the Iraqi people,” Fattahi said on Wednesday.

The Iranian lawmaker went on to say that Iraq’s environment was adversely affected at the end of the US-led war which will continue to have impacts on the future of the Iraqi people.

Fattahi also noted that the United States’ military campaigns in some Middle East countries have not only affected those countries but have also resulted in similar impacts on their neighboring states.

The MP said the flow of groundwater from Iraq to Iran has led to appearance of certain diseases in some parts of Iran whose main cause is the use of biological and uranium weapons in Iraq by the US army.